Pacific salmon are of immense cultural, ecological and economic importance to the west coast of North America. They are the most commonly seen fish on the western side of North America but identifying among the seven species is difficult for most of their life stages. Two salmon researchers have worked extensively in the field with […]
Sander Oken 1817 (Percidae) is the Valid Generic Name for Walleye, Sauger, and European Pikeperches: A Response to Bruner (2021) AUTHORS: Christopher Scharpf, The ETYFish Project, 4102 Westview Road, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. chris@etyfish.org; Ronald Fricke, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany. ronald.fricke@smns-bw.de CITATION: Scharpf C. and R. Fricke. 2021. Sander Oken 1817 (Percidae) is […]
HIGHLIGHTS: President’s Message – Sarah Steele; 2022 AFS-OC AGM Synopsis; Student Subunit Update – Jacob Burbank; Fish Focus – Blackside Darter – Siobhan Ewert; Diversity and Inclusion – Sarah Steele; Lake Ontario’s Lost Seal Population – Brian Morrison; Fish Species Complexity – Deep water spawning Lake Trout – Shawn Sitar; E.J. Crossman Award: Looking Back and Reconnecting with Awardees – Warren Dunlop; Bi-national Research – Ed Roseman; Book Review – A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There – Gavin Charles; Native Species Art – Craig Paterson; Biologist Highlight – Bill Gardner
The Aquatic Ecosystem Classification (AEC) is a science-based tool used to classify Ontario’s rivers and streams based on their physical attributes (e.g., water temperature, turbidity, channel slope, upstream drainage area). The AEC reduces the complexity of these vast aquatic networks in Ontario by using consistent and quantitative methods to build a standardized data foundation that […]
After a very successful Wave One Engagement, DFO’s Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program (FFHPP) is ready to undertake the next wave of engagement. FFHPP’s Wave Two Engagement is seeking input to continue modernizing and/or developing policies, frameworks, instruments, and guidance to further implement the fish and fish habitat protection provisions of the Fisheries Act. The […]
This first edition of Checklist of Fishes of Thunder Bay District adds to existing checklists prepared by members of the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists (TBFN) covering other vertebrate taxa (mammals, birds, reptiles & amphibians), as well vascular plants, butterflies, and odonates. As with these other checklists, it covers the official judicial District of Thunder Bay […]
With an area of 722 km2 and inflow from 35 major rivers and streams, Lake Simcoe is an important source of biodiversity for the southern Ontario region. The lake and surrounding watershed, which span across 20 municipalities, are home to a wide variety of aquatic and non-aquatic life, including 75 species of warm and coldwater […]
Invasive Aquatic Plant Species: A Quick Reference Guide was compiled and written by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Invading Species Awareness Program. Support for the development of this guide was provided by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. This publication is available for download in PDF format.
AUTHOR(S): Cody J. Dey, Adam I. Rego, Michael J. Bradford, Keith D. Clarke, Katherine McKercher, Neil J. Mochnacz, Alex de Paiva, Karin Ponader, Lisa Robichaud, Amanda K. Winegardner, Court Berryman, Paul J. Blanchfield, Christine M. Boston, Doug Braun, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Christopher Burbidge, Stuart Campbell, Alicia Cassidy, Cindy Chu, Steven J. Cooke, Daniel Coombs, Jenie […]
The Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health is the federal-provincial agreement that supports the restoration and protection of the Great Lakes basin ecosystem. The Agreement outlines how the governments of Canada and Ontario will cooperate and coordinate their efforts to restore, protect and conserve the Great Lakes basin ecosystem. It is […]
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‼️🚨📷 PHOTO CONTEST ALERT 📷🚨‼️
This summer we will be holding photo contests to see what fish fun everyone is getting up to in the field and in the lab. Each month we will hold a new contest with a different theme. 1/5
🚨My first, first-author paper @TheFSBI
We validated the performance of @Innovasea miniaturized V3D predation-sensing transmitters.
With @HeatherBReid @silviyaivanova @fisk_lab @SJC_fishy @graham_raby
